'Til Death Do Us Part...

Although this book was a little too syrupy for my tastes, I have to admit I'm a bit impressed with the author's subtle and thorough accomplishment of revenge. (As much as she'd probably dislike a reader taking it that way). I only gave it four stars because, (1) she's still selling MLM to her readers, and (2) all the gushy poetry.

As a professional who is called upon frequently to assist couples in the throes of divorce and the pain following, I make it a practice to keep abreast of the "help" books on breakup of marriages and relationships. My assessment: very few are really that helpful to me. I find them too theoretical, research based and lacking the warmth and understanding from authors who have "been there" and "done that!" Not so with this excellent helpful book by Rene Yarnell. While writing in an autobiographical mode, this author uses every major incident in her exciting life as a nun, a political figure, and a co-owner of a major networking company, to highlight the misconceptions found in our culture about break-ups of relationships, especially in marriage. Here you will find an excitingly new approach in dealing with divorce, seeing it less as failure, and more as opportunity to say "thanks" and move on to "where do I go from here?" Counselors, couples in troubled marriages, and those trying to dig out from what they consider to have been failures: here is your book. Buy it; read it; share it with others. It really could be "the first day of the rest of your life."

'Til Death Do Us Part raises the interesting questions of how long a marriage should last, and, must it be a lifetime? Author, business executive and entrepreneur Rene Reid Yarnell explores these questions and her answers in this can't-put-it-down story of her own personal experiences, and her need to find the truth.Here is a book that has it all...interesting characters (she's a former Roman Catholic Nun who always believed in the "marriage is forever" credo, and he's a successful businessman) who entered into a successful marriage/business partnership; lots of money and all the amenities that money could buy.'Til Death Do Us Part is not so much about what went wrong...but that it was okay that the marriage did not last forever. Ms Yarnell's message to the reader is about dealing with a breakup and understanding that it not necessarily an end, but a beginning.Beginning? Yes, by taking the focus off blame and guilt, and placing it instead on appreciation for the love once shared. 'Til Death Do Us Part teaches us to take this experience and the resultant growth into the next chapter of our lives. "When a relationship ends, it is easy to fall into reaction mode. More than ever, this is a time to stay rooted in ourselves and not react to our partner's behavior".'Til Death Do Us Part offers a means to reduce the sadness we feel at the end of a relationship, when we are forced to face a new beginning. Rene Reid Yarnell, in this best- seller quality book, gives the reader an understanding of how to not only cope, but to heal and grow. Indeed, like the flower cut down by the mower, to realize that a new beginning is necessary after an ending!